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THE FLOEIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ August, 
kept low. If a supply of nicely-grown China and Fairy Eoses in pots, or a neat lot 
of two-year-old Teas, could be provided to form the divisional lines, they 
would add much to the interest of the whole, and would be strictly in keeping 
with the cut-flowers. Baskets, vases, epergnes, &c., filled with Roses, to supply 
variety of height and outline, have been invited, but have never yet met the 
want—perhaps climbing roses specially grown for the purpose might do so. 
These hints may help to remedy the defective mode of setting-up, but in what¬ 
ever way the improvement comes, it must be by developing a decorative element 
which shall not interfere with the competitive branch of the show:— 
The Classes devoted to Nurserymen were filled with blooms of iiniisual excellence, and 
formed the backbone of the show. So fine a lot of flowers could scarcely have been expected 
after the unfavourable springtide. As it is, the first-prize lots will afford a good guide in 
the selection of sorts, and this being so, we shall here give the names of the winning varieties. 
For 72 single trusses, Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, were deservedly placed first, having a 
stand of grand flowers, remarkably well set up. Mr. Cant, Colchester; Messrs. Cranston 
and Co., Hereford ; and Mr. Keynes, Salisbury, won the other prizes in this class. Messrs. 
Paul and Son showed the following:—Alfred Colomb, Annie Wood, Antoine Ducher, Abel 
Grand, Auguste Rigotard, Centifolia rosea, Clotilde Rolland, Comte de Serenyi, Camille 
Bernardin, Catherine Mermet, Charles Lefebvre, Comtesse d’Oxford, Captain Christy, 
Dr. Andry, Duke of Edinburgh, Duchess of Edinburgh, Duchesse do Caylus, Duchesse de 
Valombrosa, Elie Morel, Etienne Levet, Edward Morren, Emily Laxton, Exposition de Brie, 
Felix Genero, Ferdinand do Lesseps, Fran 9 ois Michelon, Henri Ledechaux, Horace Vernet, 
Jean Liabaud, Jean Soupert, John Bright, La France, Lord Macaulay, La Ville de St. Denis, 
La Havre, La Duchesse de Morny, Louis Van Houtte, Lrolia, Madame C. Wood, Madame 
Vidot, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Madame la Baronne de Rothschild, Madame Nachury, 
Madame Ferdinand Jamin, Madame Lacharme, Marie Baumann, Mdlle. Marie Cointet, Mdllo. 
Marie Finger, Marguerite de St. Amand, Marguerite Brassac, Marquise de Castellano, Mar¬ 
quise de Gibot, Marquise de Ligneries, Maurice Bernardin, Marchioness of Exeter, Marechal 
Niel, Miss Ingram, Mrs. Baker, Mens. Boncenne, Mons. Noman, Mens. E. Y, Teas, Mrs. George 
Paul, Niphetos, Olivier Delhomme, Peach Blossom, Princess Beatrice, Paul Verdier, Robert 
Marnock, S^nateur Vaisse, Star of Waltham, Victor Verdier, Xavier Olibo. 
The Class for three trusses of 48 brought out flve competitors, and here again Messrs. 
Paul and Son were first. They showed:—Abel Grand, Alfred Colomb, Annie Laxton, Annie 
Wood, Charles Lefebvre, Catherine Mermet, Camille Bernardin, Centifolia rosea, Comtesse 
d’Oxford, Devienne-Lamy, Devoniensis, Duchesse de Valombrosa, Dr. Andry, Emily Laxton, 
Exposition de Brie, Etienne Levet, Edward Morren, Fran 9 ois Michelon, Ferdinand de Lesseps, 
Horace Vemet, Henri Ledechaux, La France, La Rosiere, Louis Van Houtte, Madame la 
Baronne de Rothschild, Madame Nachury, Madame Hippolyte Jamain, Madame 0. Wood, 
Madame Lachanne, Mdlle. Eugenic Verdier, Mdlle. Marie Finger, Marie Baumann, Mdlle. 
Marie Rady, Mdlle. Marie Cointet, Marchioness of Exeter, Marguerite de St. Amand, Marquise 
de Ligneries, Maurice Bernardin, Mrs. George Paul, Mardchal Niel, Mons. E. Y. Teas, Nardy 
Freres, Niphetos, Star of Waltham, Senateur Vaisse, Souvenir d’un Ami, Victor Verdier, 
Xavier Olibo. The other prizes in this class wore awarded to Mr. Turner, Slough, Mr. 
Keynes, and Messrs. Cranston and Co. 
The first prize in the Class for three trusses of 24 fell to Messrs. Cranston, w'ho showed:— 
Annie Laxton, Antoine Ducher, Baron Bonstetten, Beauty of Waltham, Centifolia rosea, 
Duchesse de Caylus, Exposition do Brie, Fisher Holmes, Fran 9 ois Michelon, General Jacque¬ 
minot, La France, Lord Macaulay, IMarquise do Gibot, Maurice Bernardin, Mdlle. Marie 
Cointet, Madame Lacharme, Madame la Baronne do Rothschild, Marquise de Castellane, 
Mons. Noman, Marie Baumann, Marquise de Mortomart, Marguerite de St. Amand, Princess 
Beatrice, Xavier Olibo. The three next prizes Avero awarded to Messrs. Paul and Son, Mr. 
Cant, and Mr. Turner. Two other classes -svero from 48 and 24 single blooms respectively, 
the first prizes being taken by Messrs. Cranston and Co., and Messrs. Curtis Sanford and 
Co., Torquay. 
In the Class for 12 Tea or Noisette Roses, Mr. Cant was first, having beautiful blooms of 
Catherine Meimet, Devoniensis, La Boule d’Or, Madame Bravy, Madame Caroline Kuster, 
Madame Willennoz, Niphetos, Rubens, Souvenir d’un Ami, Souvenir d’Elise, Vicomtesse do 
Cazes, and beating six other competitors. 
The Amateurs’ Classes wore well filled, the flowers being mai'kcd by wonderful fresh¬ 
ness, and being of good average quality. In the class for single trusses of 48, the premier 
